Revealed: Yazidis are still stranded on Mount Sinjar

August 28, 2014 01:13

For the US and its allies, Mount Sinjar is a success story: a humanitarian disaster alleviated by US air power.

But hundreds, if not thousands, of Iraqis -- mostly sick and old -- remain atop the mountain, with no relief on its way.

Satellite images taken on August 21 by the firm ImageSat International and interviews with members of the Yazidi religious minority still on the mountain indicate a humanitarian emergency continuing to unfold.

While thousands have fled down the mountains north face, making a dangerous trek into Iraqi Kurdistan through Syria, those on the southern side remain in crisis.

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